Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-19
THE STORM Yesterday.

The Scene In This City-TeIegraph and
Telephone Wires Raised Havoc
Wfth-AlOng the Water Front-Lit.
tie Damage Done Here-CoaI Box
Sunk OF FauIkner's Island-A West
Haven Yacht BADLY Damaged.
Rain and wind held high carnival in this
city yesterday at intervals. Not only in this
city did the storm occur, but in other places.
where the worst damage was done. The
rain poured down in torrents. It began
early in the. morning shortly before o'clock
The clouds hung low and brought along a
great deal of wind. People arose and opened
the shutters and shut the windows with a
bang for fear the rain would blow in and
disturb their peaceful dreams. Down came
the rain again about II o'clock. 1t came in
big drops. Before noon it cleared up. The
sun poured forth his rays and things were
materially dried, The Hibernians then start
ed on their parade, but before it was over
they were overtaken. About o'clock a
great bank of dark clouds began to rise from
the western horizon. Some of them came on
with tremendous speed, laying low in the
heavens, indicative of a moderate cyclone.
Scurrying around overhead for a few min
utes they passed to the north, but not with
out leaving some behind.
When the rain began again there was
promlscuous scattering of rybody on the
streets, and there were good many The
Hibernians who were on parade and others
made one grand rush for shelter. And
there was the ball game, too, that had to be
deferred. At $3.50 the rain ceased.
The wind had not done any serious dam
age, but many awnings were torn to shreds,
cellars flooded and trees stripped of their
branches.
During the storm the waves rolled high in
the harbor and dashed against the piers with
deafening sound. There were vessels inside
the breakwater to weather the storm.
At Pine Orchard the water came up so
high that the docks belonging to A. NJ
Young were covered, and one standing on
the docks would surely have been carried
away, so forcible were the waves in their
meandering up and down. Looking from
the windows of the houses there the scene in
the Sound was grand one. Several sail and
rowboats belonging to Mr.. Young and others
were badly damaged, but Outside of this
nothing serious was done.
The storm seems to have been visitor all
along the coast hereabouts, bat the damage
done was not great, although it might have
been had there been any small boats out as |
they would surely have been capsized and |
many lives lost. The wind blew at the rate
Of twenty-four miles an hour. 1t was the |
most violent that has visited this city for
some length of time. At Birmingham
cellars were flooded Telegraph
and telephone wires suffered to a great ex-
tent. Many were torn down, while others |
were crossed 80 that it was impossible to use |
hem.
OFF Faulkner's Island a coal box went
Town about half past in the morning. Up
o last night it had not been ascertained to |
whom it belonged.
The yacht belonging to Grand Juror Adj
ms, the card printer OF West Haven, was
aught in the storm just below Savin Rock
nd came near being a total wreck The
waves dashed her up against the rocks. Her
mast was torn out and other damage done
efore she could be hauled up out of danger.
he yacht is reported worth about 81 600. It |
J not SO far damaged but what she can be
epaired. She is generally moored off the {
Vest Haven shipyard.
The rainfall in Hartford yesterday was
o3 inches, most of it falling between 8 and |
o'clock.